Recycling of Organic Residues from Agricultural and Municipal Origin in China

• Sponsor: German Federal Ministry of Education and Research   
                 Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology
                 BMBF FKZ: 0330847A-H
  
• Duration: September 2008 to August 2011

This project takes advantage of different interdisciplinary research groups and the involvement of German small and medium-sized enterprises to develop integrated strategies and solutions for the recycling of organic residues in China.

It aims at reducing pollution, abating greenhouse gas emissions, improving nutrient cycling, generating renewable energy and increasing regional added value in the Chinese countryside.

In one approach, five research sites in Shaanxi, Shandong, Jiangxi and Beijing have been selected to develop economically viable and ecologically sound recycling projects through regional material flow management, stakeholders' involvement, innovative financial schemes and technology transfer.
A parallel approach will take into account planning, technical improvement regarding animal production techniques, feed optimization, manure storage and treatment for minimizing emissions, as well as hygienization, designation of organic fertilizers for specific usage, carrying capacity of cropland, economic factors, administrative issues and environmental regulations. Starting from the technical situation of a selected pilot pig raising farm near Beijing, an improvement of the regional situation, as well as intensive animal husbandry in peri-urban areas of other large Chinese cities is envisaged.

The whole project is conceived for a 3-year duration as a first phase.
Recycling Team is led by the Institute for Applied Material Flow Management (IfaS), University of Applied Sciences Trier. There are 15 partners from China and Germany in the team.

Recycling Team focuses on developing new, systemic material flow management concepts combined with micro-economic methods and strategies for establishing pilot projects at our research sites in China, aiming at recycling organic residues and meanwhile reducing pollution, abating greenhouse gas emissions, producing organic fertilizer, generating renewable energy and increasing regional added value in both rural and urban areas of China.
The goals will be achieved through the approaches of regional material flow management, stakeholders’ involvement, innovative financing and implementation schemes (Public Private Partnership (PPP), Build Operate Transfer (BOT), Build Operate Own (BOO)) as well as technology transfer.
Five research sites in Shaanxi, Shandong, Jiangxi provinces and Changping district (Beijing) have been selected to identify and optimize their potentials for developing economically viable and ecologically sound pilot projects. The pilot projects aim to use organic residues as input substrates for large-scale biogas plant producing electricity, heat, organic fertilizer and thereby reducing of green house gas emissions.

Contact IfaS:
M.Eng., Dr. Hongyan Lu
Phone.: +49 (0) 67 82 / 17-1475
E-Mail.: h.lu(at)umwelt-campus.de

M.A., Katrin Mueller-Hansen
Phone.: +49 (0) 67 82 / 17-1583
E-Mail: katrin.mueller-hansen(at)umwelt-campus.de

For further information in German, English and Chinese language, please visit www.organicresidues.com.